Hi Anthony
I forgot to say that when I had the drink problem in the army at 16 it was due to me getting this abuse. My Sergeant put me in touch with a councilor who dealt with this at the local hospital in Aldershot. I spoke to him about it and he helped me quite a lot, and that was why I dried myself out and got on with my army career, which meant a lot to me. I still saw this councilor twice a month for about 6 months so does that explain to you, that that part of my life is in the past, although it is still in my mind, but thankfully not, much. I just thought that I would write about it in the ptsd section, as I was reading a couple of posts about the issue, and I wanted to put in my story. My trauma from that period ended when my parents died in 1997.
My problems now stem from the time that I was in Bosnia, with my regiment. And to the horrors that I saw there.
So my friend, could we please call time on this Paddock thing, as I'm getting very fed up with it.
Scott